Evidence of this can be corroborated with a study conducted by the California Nurses Association, which found similar positive effects. At the same time, researchers found that reducing these ratios in various specialty environments inside the hospi Continue Reading...
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Illinois The Facts For many years the ongoing nursing shortage has required nurses to work longer hours and care for more patients, causing many of them to make fatal and near-fatal mistakes on the job that could have oth Continue Reading...
Dialysis organizations would be another opponent to the change due to the cost. Raising the costs of treatment might be necessary to hire new nurses. Dialysis clinics, because of their small size, often have fewer resources than large hospitals and Continue Reading...
Acute care facilities try to maintain low costs and employ quality nurses. Within this statement is a double standard. How can we have quality nurses and cut costs at the same time? This is where the skill mix comes into play. In the skill mix, the Continue Reading...
Staffing in Nursing Staffing and Other Nursing Issues The main topic of this paper is staffing related to the field of nursing, here it is very important to realize a correct balance between the demand of nurses and available nurses at any medical Continue Reading...
Introduction As of now, at least fourteen states across the country have legislations on safe staffing. Although California is among the fourteen jurisdictions, it is unique in the sense that its legislation includes a nurse to patient ratio clause. Continue Reading...
Many advocates of the move feel that lower patient to nurse ratio would lead to additional savings because it would reduce nurse turnover rate, lawsuits, complications and length of stay. Nursing unions in the state of California have asked for a PT Continue Reading...
" (Allen 2008) This means that nursing educators are also a key stakeholder. Other stakeholders include healthcare facility administrators, corporate trustees and public office holders, who will often have entangled or competing interests relating t Continue Reading...
"Finally, we have the time to do proper nursing care and fully evaluate each patient's needs," said Kathy Dennis, an RN at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. "We now have time to check each patient's chart and make sure there are no treatment de Continue Reading...
Political Activism in Nursing There exists a dire need and urgency for a change in political and legislative advocacy in health care system. It has been observed that most of the female health care workers including nurses are facing problems with t Continue Reading...
Inadequate Staffing in Nursing Explain the nursing/patient care concern, problems, issues observed at the senior level clinical practice During the past decade, there certainly has been a rapid decline in quality patient care in the healthcare indu Continue Reading...
Cross-Sectional Study to Determine Factors in the Educational Advancement of the Licensed Practical Nurse to the Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina According to the Harvard Nursing Research Institute, United States nursing school enrol Continue Reading...
Public Policy Annotated BibliographyOne potential public policy issue that may be of interest to me is the issue of mandatory staffing ratios for hospitals so as to ensure that adequate quality care is available to patients. Fox and Abrahamson (2009) Continue Reading...
Nurse BurnoutIntroductionAmong the various factors contributing to nursing shortages and high turnover, nurse burnout stands out as significant (McDermid et al., ). Indeed, burnout is a serious problem because it impairs individual nurses\\\' health, Continue Reading...
Nurse Staffing Levels Through a Legislative Process Despite arguments from critics who argue that mandated nurse staff levels will adversely affect the skill mix of nurses, the experiences of states that have implemented this solution clearly indic Continue Reading...
Effects of Short-Staffed Nursing in Emergency Rooms Effects of Short-Staffed Nursing in Emergency RoomsIntroductionThe emergency departments efficiency is a critical component of delivering quality and safe care within the health sector. The utilizat Continue Reading...
Leadership and Management In the medical field, the recent topic of debate relates to Nurse Staffing Ratios where many argue that governments need to intervene in setting minimum staffing laws. Currently, the only state that has enacted a law is Ca Continue Reading...
Nursing Shortage Risk Management Plan Nursing staff scarcity constitutes a widespread issue across several segments of the healthcare sector. It is often a challenge to find an adequate number of qualified nursing professionals for meeting staffing Continue Reading...
Literature Assessment: Nurse-Patient RatiosIntroductionThe issue of mandatory staffing ratios for hospitals to ensure that adequate quality care is available to patients. Fox and Abrahamson (2009) note that nursing care arguably falls into the realm Continue Reading...
This makes retention essential, as new nurses must stay with the hospital and become nurse specialists for CMC to continue to maintain its reputation. Nursing education is also essential. Unfortunately, a stressed and pressured environment that is Continue Reading...
Stress and Job Performance in the Nursing Profession Sources and Consequences of Stress Participants Materials Job Satisfaction and Feelings of Adequacy Job Performance Gender and Menopausal Status Expected Results and Discussion The relatio Continue Reading...
Medication changes with technology: A description and detailed review of five clinical electronic systems that correlate with the process of medication administration technology. Computerized physician / prescribed order entry (CPOE) In 2000, follo Continue Reading...
1997, the average pass rate for first time test takers on the NCLEX-RN was 93%. Since 1997, the national average pass rate on the NCLEX-RN has declined to 83.8% (National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, 2002). The pass rate for the state Continue Reading...
Letter Against Unionization Dear Mr. Hines Thank you for our recent discussion regarding the American Professionals Union's attempt to organize our nursing staff. The nurses have made their many grievances known and I have listened intently to thei Continue Reading...
Age Groups and the Nursing Profession Job satisfaction in nursing related to generational age differences Attrition among nurses has been a worrying topic to not only the society but the government and the related agencies in specific. This is due Continue Reading...
Because unions retain the exclusive right to negotiate on behalf of its members, the individual worker may have little recourse to easily address incompetent leadership. The Disadvantages of Unionized Labor for Healthcare Employers: The primary di Continue Reading...
Staffing legislation in NJ One of the tenets of healthcare is the provision of adequate healthcare for all patients and the health care needs to be the safest possible that the medics and the facilities can offer. This has been a concern for many ins Continue Reading...
RESPONSEResponse: Staffing and Patient SafetyI have in the past reviewed plenty of literature which appears to clearly indicate that there is indeed a strong link between staffing and patient safety. For instance, Griffiths, Recio-Saucedo, DallOra, B Continue Reading...
In all, a total of 5317 shifts were studied of which 2,057 shifts were for more than 12.5 hours. Within the 28-day period of the study two thirds of the nurses reported to have worked overtime 10 times or even more. There were a total of 199 reporte Continue Reading...
Tak, S., Sweeney, M., Alterman, T., Baron, S., & Calvert, G. (2010). Workplace Assaults on Nursing Assistants in U.S. Nursing Homes: A Multilevel Analysis. American Journal of Public Health October 100 (10):1938-1945. This particular topic provo Continue Reading...
(Smith, 2003) Checking twice, or more than twice may be less important than securing a diversity of views in such an arena. (Smith, 2003) The ability adequately communicate risk levels amongst providers can become difficult. Also, hasty words can c Continue Reading...
126). Although there are an increasing number of elderly in the United States today with many more expected in the future, the study of elder abuse is of fairly recent origin. During the last three decades of the 20th century, following the "discove Continue Reading...
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Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of Continue Reading...
Rights and Responsibilities for a Member of the Nursing Union in Minnesota recent MSNBC Health article on the state of the nation's health noted that despite the nation's joblessness crisis, nursing remains woefully understaffed as a profession acros Continue Reading...
This is intended to be a working tool to assist you with organization of evidence for the Capstone Narrative Paper. Do not use Systematic Reviews or Meta-analysis studies for this assignment. Only primary research should be entered on this grid. Only Continue Reading...
ADVOCACY AREA Advocacy AreaThe selected advocacy issue is mental health disparities among Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. Sources contend that LEP individuals face a higher burden of psychiatric illness than the general American populat Continue Reading...
Collective bargaining agreements refer to a document of agreement signed between the management of a firm and its employees prepared by representative labor union that specifies terms of employment such as duration, wages, work conditions etc. In nur Continue Reading...
Postoperative Patient Falls Hospitalized patient falls affect health in huge way as they directly affect safety of patients as well as the concern for the quality of healthcare public health facilities around the world provide to patients. While lim Continue Reading...
